Friday, June 3, 2011

'Operation Cupcake'

The Best Cupcakes in America, published by the Ellen DeGeneres

MI6 Attacks al-Qaeda In 'Operation Cupcake' -- Telegraph

British intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaeda online magazine and replaced bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.

The cyber-warfare operation was launched by MI6 and GCHQ in an attempt to disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular to recruit “lone-wolf” terrorists with a new English-language magazine, the Daily Telegraph understands.

When followers tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to “Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom” by “The AQ Chef” they were greeted with garbled computer code.

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My Comment: Hmmmm .... cupcakes.

1 comment:

Roger Viggers said...

Great work, but what a shame the recipe wasn't for a traditional British dish, like a pork pie.